Content warnings: violence and brief threats of sexual assault (quickly squelched)
Summary [courtesy of Goodreads]: All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them.After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people. I mean, I get it. Don’t get me wrong. But he’s dragging me along for the ride, and I’m kind of peeved about it. On the bright side, he keeps burning off his shirt.
I’m so excited that this self-published book is slowly starting to get the attention it (and the entire series-link) deserve. I think it was Neeks of @ItsNeeksYeah who first brought this gem into my Twitter feed and thus my life, so a profuse thanks for that!
In a nutshell, this book is pretty much nothing but pure joy. From that oh-so-cute cover (which wormed its way into my heart and FORCED me to buy a physical copy) to the truly hilarious main character Cin to the glorious cast of secondary characters, this book had me from the start and kept me in a beautiful bearhug of a chokehold til its last pages. The romance is by turns fun and spicy, the fantasy elements were a joyful romp, and the world itself was just so immersive and real. I can’t wait to read the sequels!! (Please, Kimberly, let there be more than just the 2…I need as many as possible!)
(As a side note, ONLY this author could manage to get me to not only like but GUSH about a fated mates shifter romance. I was not aware the book had this trope, but by the time I realized it, I was too far down the rabbit hole. It worked out, though, and the book handled it super well, but I don’t think it’s converted me to the sub-genre in general.)
Choice Quotes
“‘I am not the Cheese Queen!’
The blond raised an eyebrow. “Look to your left. Now look to your right. You are the Cheese Queen. Does the Cheese Queen consent to us robbing a cargo ship?’
Fuck my life. ‘Fine! Sure. Do what you want.’”